The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.

sparking the formation of the “Committee on the Conduct of the War,” which plagued Lincoln and his commanders until the end. A good read for anyone interested in the Civil War, and an important one ...

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...